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Donor Government Support for Family Planning Efforts Hits Highest
Level Since 2012
A new KFF analysis finds donor government support for
global family planning efforts totaled US$1.50 billion in 2018, up 19 percent
from 2017 (US$1.26 billion) – and the highest level since tracking efforts
began following the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012. Since 2012,
total donor government funding for family planning has risen by more than
US$400 million. Funding for family planning supports a range of activities
including contraceptives, information, education and communication
activities; and capacity building and training.
Funding from the United States,
the world’s largest donor, rose from US$488.7 million in 2017 to $630.6
million in 2018, although this increase is largely due to the timing of
disbursements and does not reflect an actual increase in U.S. appropriations
by Congress, which have been flat for several years.
Among the 10 largest donor
governments, seven increased funding in 2018 (Canada, Denmark, Germany, the
Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the US) and three decreased (Australia,
France, and Sweden).
While the majority of donor
government assistance for family planning is provided bilaterally, donors
also provide support for family planning activities through contributions to
the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The analysis finds that donor
governments provided US$373.9 million in core contributions to UNFPA, an
increase of US$29.5 million (9%) compared to 2017 (US$347.8 million). In
2018, the U.S. administration invoked the Kemp-Kasten amendment to withhold funding from UNFPA
for the second year in a row.
Results of this analysis are
also included in the annual progress report from FP2020, a global partnership
to monitor progress toward the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning goals to
expand contraceptive access to an additional 120 million women and girls in
low- and middle income countries by 2020.
Filling
the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is
a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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Monday, November 11, 2019
Donor Government Support for Family Planning Efforts Hits Highest Level Since 2012
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